diff --git a/files/gitlab-issue.py b/files/gitlab-issue.py
index 8a6856c39f329f2fc3375bfca03999dcbf9d2d0c..dae698e8098556f9fe0d4252d56d537e2d539c7c 100755
--- a/files/gitlab-issue.py
+++ b/files/gitlab-issue.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import argparse
 import gitlab
diff --git a/files/gitlab-merge-request.py b/files/gitlab-merge-request.py
index a5a5fdb7f83d510e29761ca411395a8d18c3ee49..bfd2b20e21f2316862d7683f7b86dfe8f404ca45 100755
--- a/files/gitlab-merge-request.py
+++ b/files/gitlab-merge-request.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import argparse
 import gitlab